African Journal of Economic and Management Studies: Volume 15 Issue 1

The effect of electronic human resource management on electronic human resource management macro-level consequences: the role of perception of organizational politics

Musa Nyathi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of perceived organizational politics on the relationship between electronic human resource management (e-HRM) use…

Digital financial inclusion and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of institutions and governance

Tough Chinoda, Forget Mingiri Kapingura

This study examines the role of institutions and governance on the digital financial inclusion and economic growth nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from 2014 to 2020.

The impact of customer-focus on the performance of business organizations: evidence from SMEs in an emerging West African economy

Kwabena Abrokwah-Larbi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of customer-focus on small medium enterprise (SME) performance from the perspective of a resource-based view (RBV).

What levels of informality tackle poverty in Africa? Evidence from dynamic panel threshold analysis

Segun Thompson Bolarinwa, Munacinga Simatele

The paper validates the threshold argument in the informality–poverty nexus. Recent literature and policy have argued the existence of a threshold in the relationship.

The effect of corporate reputation on customer loyalty in the Ghanaian banking industry: the role of country-of-origin

Deli Dotse Gli, Ernest Yaw Tweneboah-Koduah, Raphael Odoom, Prince Kodua

Customer loyalty is of growing interest to many service firms due to the many tangible and intangible benefits it offers them. However, building customer loyalty is challenging…

Internal control mechanisms and financial performance of Ghanaian banks: the moderating role of corporate governance

Clement Oppong, Abukari Salifu Atchulo, Achille Dargaud Fofack, Daniel Elorm Afonope

This study aims to evaluate the moderating impact of corporate governance on the relationship between internal control mechanisms and financial performance.

Mitigating the impact of a pandemic: a time-varying-parameter structural VAR (TVP-SVAR) and time-varying granger causality estimations

Olumide O. Olaoye, Mulatu F. Zerihun

The study investigates the effectiveness of government policies to mitigate the impact of a pandemic. The study adopts the small open economy of Nigeria for the following reasons…

Non-linearity in the Phillips curve: evidence from Nigeria

Olufemi Gbenga Onatunji, Oluwayemisi Kadijat Adeleke, Akintoye Victor Adejumo

This study reinvestigates the validity of the Phillips curve in Nigeria for the period 1980–2020 by considering the asymmetric nexus between unemployment and inflation.

Agricultural loan pricing by banks in Ghana: a panel data analysis

Raymond K. Dziwornu, Eric B. Yiadom, Sampson B. Narteh-yoe

The cost of agricultural loans is a major constraint to the growth of the agriculture sector. This paper examines agricultural loan pricing by banks in Ghana using panel data…

How optimal is Ghana's single-digit inflation targeting? An assessment of monetary policy effectiveness in Ghana

Richard Amoatey, Richard K. Ayisi, Eric Osei-Assibey

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, to estimate an optimal inflation rate for Ghana and second, to investigate factors that account for the differences between observed…